19 There is no trace of the jade seal of the country
Pushing open the door of the utility room, Yang Xianrong was a little stunned. She had asked Trish to pile up unwanted furniture and tattered things. But at this moment, it was packed into an extremely delicate little study, with four walls blank, and two huge bookcases standing against the wall, which were already piled with scrolls and books. In the window of the room, a large wooden table is placed, and the four treasures of the study on it look very expensive. A chair with a pear blossom wood backrest sits behind the desk, and there are soft cotton cushions with delicate decorations, which are very comfortable to look at.
"...... you" Yang Xianrong looked at Sima Ying, and Sima Ying smiled at each other.
Yang Xianrong walked in quickly, touched the case, touched the bookcase, and then looked at the books and scrolls on the bookcase, they were all masterpieces, in addition to the historical classics and celebrity calligraphy, there were even Zhiwei, Yang Xianrong couldn't help but shout, "How did you get it?" I've been looking for this book for a long time! ”
"This king is very powerful." Sima Ying also walked in.
"yes, it's really amazing." Yang Xianrong finally showed a smile.
"These are some of the ones in the king's study, I thought you should like to see them, so I moved here." Sima Ying had already quietly grabbed Yang Xianrong's hand and touched it gently, so frightened that Yang Xianrong immediately looked back at the door. Cui Xi Huizhu and Zhao Zhuo were standing outside, and no one followed.
"Don't do that." Yang Xianrong wanted to withdraw his hand, but Sima Ying laughed, "This is your home, why are you afraid?" ”
"It's always bad." Yang Xianrong wanted to put on a straight face, but when he saw some precious Buddhist scriptures from the Western Regions, he couldn't help laughing again, "You still have such a book?" ”
"Oh, I don't look at it anyway, so I put it in the study as an ornament. Since you like to watch it, it would be nice to move it over for you. Sima Ying took her hand and didn't let go, "Sheep baa, I'll show you something, I promise you haven't seen it either." ”
Sima Ying found a small painting from among the scrolls, a very beautiful picture of a kingfisher. "If you look closely, what is the preciousness of this painting?"
Yang Xianrong touched the paper and knew that this was not an ordinary product, but a painting on silk, just this silk, should be the price of a hundred taels of gold.
"The work of the previous dynasty?" She asked.
"Look again." Sima Ying was not in a hurry, and slowly approached her, and the manly aura made Yang Xianrong blush a little, and couldn't help but hide quietly. But Sima Ying came over again and chuckled, "What's wrong with the sheep?" ”
"You always have to let me see clearly, right?" Yang Xianrong still pushed him, put this small work on the long case, and looked at it carefully. Some of the kingfishers on the picture are spreading their wings and soaring, some are singing on the branches, and some are combing their feathers. The shape is vivid and very interesting. However, there is only one side of the seal, and the eight words written on it are "ordered by the sky, both longevity and eternal prosperity".
Yang Xianrong's heart moved slightly, and he turned his head to look at Sima Ying: "This is?" Is this it? Are you sure? ”
"Really." Sima Ying nodded.
These eight words come from the jade seal of the country, that is, the object of contention. Legend has it that after Qin Shi Huang unified the six countries, he ordered someone to carve a jade seal, which was called the "Seal of the Son of Heaven". According to the historical records, this jade seal is carved from white jade in Lantian, Shaanxi, with a radius of four inches. The front of the jade seal is engraved with the eight characters of "Ordered by the Heavens, Longevity and Yongchang", which is written by Prime Minister Li Si in a large seal, as a token of "divine power of the emperor, orthodoxy and legitimacy". Since then, the emperors of all dynasties have regarded the jade seal as an important symbol of power, which has not only become the target of careerists, but also the important weapon of the central government.
Those who get the jade seal can be "ordered by the sky", once they are lost, they are regarded as "the number of qi has been exhausted", even if the heavy troops are in power, they do not dare to command the world for the emperor, otherwise they will be jointly attacked by the people of the world.
In that year, Liu Bang led the peasant army to Xianyang to get the jade seal of the country, which was treasured in Changle Palace. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mang usurped power and needed a jade seal to prove his legitimacy. At that time, the jade seal was in the hands of his aunt, Wang Zhengjun, the empress dowager of Han Xiaoyuan, and in order to show his loyalty to Han Bao surnamed Liu, he would rather die than hand over the jade seal, and finally was forced to cry and scold Wang Zhengjun and threw the jade seal to the ground. Since then, the jade seal has lost a corner. Later, Wang Mang ordered people to fill the missing horns with gold, but the jade seal still left flaws.
Wang Mang's new dynasty soon collapsed, Wang Mang was killed, and the rebels found the jade seal from Wang Mang's corpse and proclaimed Liu Xuan as emperor. Liu Xuan was later defeated in the confrontation with the Red Mei Army, so the Red Mei Army supported the little emperor Liu Penzi to the throne with the jade seal. Liu Penzi later also encountered defeat, surrendered to Liu Xiu, who established the Eastern Han regime, and presented the jade seal of the country, so the jade seal was returned to the Han Dynasty and circulated in the hands of the emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the world was in turmoil, He Jin and Yuan Shao entered the palace Qinwang, and the ten permanent servants and eunuchs fled in a hurry with Emperor Shao of the Han Dynasty. After a bloody suppression, the Ten Standing Servants were killed, and the jade seal was gone! More than ten years later, the princes of the Eighteenth Route crusaded against Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo was defeated and fled westward, setting fire to the Luoyang court. When Sun Jianbu, who took the lead in attacking Luoyang, was fighting the fire, he salvaged the body of a palace maid in the well of Zhen Palace in the south of Luoyang City, and there was a jade seal hanging from his neck. Sun Jian was overjoyed when he saw it and wanted to take the jade seal for himself, but Sun Jian's subordinates spread the matter, and all the princes led by Yuan Shao, the leader of the alliance, wanted to get the jade seal, so they each had a ghost and staged a battle for the jade seal......
Later, Sun Jian returned to Changsha with the jade seal, but was injured and killed by Yuan Shao and Liu Biao on the way, and the jade seal fell into the hands of Yuan Shu. In short, whether it was Yuan Shao or Yuan Shu, they were finally defeated by Cao Cao, who coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and the jade seal of the country returned to the hands of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty again.
The jade seal of the country naturally became the symbol of imperial power of Cao Wei, and Cao Pi also sent someone to engrave the word "Great Wei by the Han Dynasty" on the shoulder of the jade seal. After the unification of the Three Kingdoms to the Great Jin, the jade seal naturally followed the Great Jin. Now, this jade seal should be in Sima Zhen's hands, but he has been refusing to take it out. Many people even quietly went to his palace to look for the heirloom jade seal, but there was still no trace.
Sima Cheng said that this was the will handed down by the emperor - this jade seal could only be used when the emperor ascended the throne or died. Therefore, that is to say, unless he dies, he will not take out the heirloom jade seal for everyone to see.
Yang Xianrong was naturally very curious and wanted to see this very mysterious jade seal. However, she never saw it. But today, it was Sima Ying who let her see the seal, which is also excellent.
"This seal is real, take a closer look, in case you can get the heirloom jade seal, you will know the authenticity." Sima Ying chuckled, but Yang Xianrong's heart trembled.